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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Ultimately reportedly from the name of an island in the Indian Ocean. Compare French calambac, calambouc, Spanish calambac, Portuguese calambá, calambaque, Italian calambà, calambucco, Venetan canabuco, all ultimately from Malay kalambaq. For sense 2 compare Albanian kallamboq, Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călămbuc, Aromanian cãlãmbuchi.
Noun
قلمبك • (kalembek)
- Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) or agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis)
- corn
- Synonym: مصر (mısr)
Descendants
Proper noun
قلمبك • (kalembek)
- An island in the Indian Ocean
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قلمبك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 969b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلمبك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1470b
- Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “قلمبك”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 631a